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To be fair.. most food makers have already removed Trans fat from their products and it is only a small minority of hold-outs that are resisting reality.
As for people regulating their own diets, sure.. but the problem is people dont know or understand what the big food companies put in the food, hence we need regulation to protect the population. If it was not for these regulations then all sorts of chemicals that make food "cheaper" but dangerous would be in our food, and we would not know anything about till the day we are in the emergency room and glowing in the dark.
Heya Pete. :2wave: But what about these foods. They haven't been included. Despite some private industries doing so and Franchisees.
Some of the common foods affected will be donuts, crackers, popcorn, frozen pizza, creamers, and canned frosting.....snip~
If it affect frozen Pizza.....do you think it will affect Pizza joints that put their products out in grocers? Donuts and Canned Frosting too. That's a lot of Choccy yum yums. Besides have you ever smeared frosting on a woma.....uhm Well, That Sucks! :lol:
Out of curiosity but...where exactly in the Constitution does it allow the government to dictate what people can or cannot eat?
The same place it says we the people are to stupid to make our own decisions about health care.
so if there is somthing in the constitution where it says people have to eat waffles for breakfest on the 2nd day of every odd numbered month, would you follow that provision to the letter?
so if there is somthing in the constitution where it says people have to eat waffles for breakfest on the 2nd day of every odd numbered month, would you follow that provision to the letter?
That's the point. The federal government was never intended to micromanage the activities of its citizens and the Constitution certainly contains nothing directing citizen activities...
What do you think about this?
Out of curiosity but...where exactly in the Constitution does it allow the government to dictate what people can or cannot eat?
that was not the point i was arguing.
if the Constitution of the united states had some pointless provision that says members of congress cannot wear Harlequin colored outfits, does the congress have to follow that provision without question like religious doctrine.
Yes, because members of Congress are required to uphold the Constitution, but it was not written to dictate personal behavior. It was written as our "framework" for government, limiting its power and granting rights for its citizens that the government cannot take away without an amendment. What has happened since its adoption through actions of both the Congress and Courts is an abomination...
General welfare dude.
Trans fats add nothing good to food and they detract from the general welfare.
Too bad, but it's Constitutional.
but the actions of both the congress and court that turned the Constitution into a "abomination" were allowed to happen because of interpreting the Constitution.
congress and the courts have been doing it ever since George Washington ended his final term as president of the united states
Got it, but it wasn't until the passage of the passage of the 16th amendment and FDRs programs being shoved through the courts that everything got way out of whack as that allowed the Congress get direct control of rewarding/punishing activities through the tax code and providing direct benefits to individuals, giving them extraordinary power...
some would argue that the people wanted the 16th amendment, imagine that, people wanted a income tax.
and it was okay for the founders and politicians in the 1800s and 1900s but not for any politican in the 20th century?
So under 'general welfare' they could tell you what to eat, where to live, where to work, if you can procreate, ad infinitum.
Do you really want to open that door?
So Congress shouldn't be able to ban someone selling you cyanide-laced hot dogs? You really want to close that door?
Absolutes are fun.
Labeling... people have a right to know what their eating and make informed choices.
Hows that for absolutes?
To be fair.. most food makers have already removed Trans fat from their products and it is only a small minority of hold-outs that are resisting reality.
As for people regulating their own diets, sure.. but the problem is people dont know or understand what the big food companies put in the food, hence we need regulation to protect the population. If it was not for these regulations then all sorts of chemicals that make food "cheaper" but dangerous would be in our food, and we would not know anything about till the day we are in the emergency room and glowing in the dark.
that was not the point i was arguing.
if the Constitution of the united states had some pointless provision that says members of congress cannot wear Harlequin colored outfits, does the congress have to follow that provision without question like religious doctrine.
General welfare dude.
Trans fats add nothing good to food and they detract from the general welfare.
Too bad, but it's Constitutional.
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